Bug 27947

Summary:	assertion failure when using readelf -a
Product:	binutils	Reporter:	Liyi Zhang <l392zhan>
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	Not yet assigned to anyone <unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2
Version:	2.30
Target Milestone:	---
Host:		Target:
Build:		Last reconfirmed:

Description Liyi Zhang 2021-06-03 08:21:21 UTC

OS:
Linux

Affected component:
GNU readelf (GNU Binutils) 2.30
executable file link: https://github.com/l392zhan/AttentionFuzzer/blob/main/readelf/readelf

Attack vector(s)
execute the program with the command "readelf -a attackvector" can lead to assertion failure.
attack vectors link: https://github.com/l392zhan/AttentionFuzzer/tree/main/readelf/attack-vector1
GDB screenshot link: https://github.com/l392zhan/AttentionFuzzer/blob/main/readelf/attack-vector1/GDB_screenshot.jpeg

Comment 1 Alan Modra 2021-06-03 09:57:20 UTC

Fuzzing reports against anything but the very latest sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git are not useful.